TIDAL GRACE SWIMWEAR
A SWIMWEAR COLLECTION I DESIGNED IN ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR FOR FASHION SCHOOL - SIX PIECES, NEVER SEWN.
This was a class project — we each had to design a full collection in Illustrator, and I picked swimwear. I liked the idea of figuring out how a print or a seam line would actually sit on a body in the water, even though none of these ever got cut and sewn.
The six pieces move loosely from swim into resort wear — a one-piece into a cover-up, a bikini into a romper, that kind of thing. The fabric in the renders is a marbled blue-green I kept circling back to — past that, it's mostly me working out shapes and proportions rather than committing to one print across the whole line.
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READ THE STORYMIDNIGHT TIDE
The opening piece — a one-piece that works as a cover-up too, swim into lunch.
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READ THE STORYCROSSCURRENT
A swimsuit with crossing straps — I was playing with how the lines intersect across the body.
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READ THE STORYSTILLWATER
Bikini into a dress, swim into resort — working out proportion between the two.
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READ THE STORYEBB & LACE
One-shoulder swimsuit with a wrap skirt — softer and more draped than the others.
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READ THE STORYSEAFOAM HOUR
A more relaxed bikini-and-cover-up set — looser fit than the rest of the collection.
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READ THE STORYAFTER THE TIDE
The closing piece — bikini under a cropped jacket and trousers, the most resort-leaning of the six.
BEHIND THE BRAND
I designed this collection in an Adobe Illustrator class at Fashion Institute of Florida — picked swimwear because I wanted to work out how prints and seams would actually sit on a moving body, not just look good flat.
More on my return to fashion school and what the program actually covered.